enmity (ˈɛnmɪtɪ)

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Word origin of 'enmity'

C13: from Old French enemistié, from enemienemy

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Word forms: enmities

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Enmity is a feeling of hatred towards someone that lasts for a long time. [+ between] ⇒ I think there is an historic enmity between them. ⇒ President Mitterrand arrived in Hanoi yesterday to bury old colonial and cold war enmities.

Example sentences containing 'enmity'

`Mr Hoffman, whether justifiably or not, bore you a considerable degree of enmity.Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THISAnd why for that matter had Hoffman carried such a burning enmity for his old partner for so long?Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS`Still, with all that, he never would tell me the origin of the enmity between the two families.Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY